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Car Rental Without Dropoff Fee?

We will be traveling in Australia next December/January, starting in Melbourne and ending up in Sydney about two weeks later. Although we will spend a few days in each city, we'll mostly be in the countryside, so we are renting a car. Both Hertz and Budget have rather sizeable drop-off charges for one-way rentals. I was wondering if there might be an Australian company that would be more reasonable.

I get a hire car to take me to Sydney Airport from 3 hours away. I have always found Avis to be way cheaper than Hertz.

Don't get your hire car at the airport. So many hidden charges for the whole trip. I'd get a cab in to the city and get my hire car there. I learnt from experience after getting a hire car at Melbourne Airport for a week when my father suddenly passed away.